عجلة

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See also: عجله

Arabic

Etymology 1

At least for the abstract senses, verbal noun of عَجِلَ (ʕajila, to hurry).

Compare also Hebrew עגלה (agalá, carriage, cart).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.d͡ʒa.la/
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Noun

عَجَلَة (ʕajalaf (plural عَجَلَات (ʕajalāt))

  1. verbal noun of عَجِلَ (ʕajila) (form I)
  2. haste, hurry, speed, speediness, celerity
    أَنَا عَلَى عَجَلَةٍ.ʔanā ʕalā ʕajalatin.I'm in a hurry
    فِي ٱلتَّأَنِّي ٱلسَّلَامَةُ، وَفِي ٱلْعَجَلَةِ ٱلنَّدَامَةُ.
    fī t-taʔannī s-salāmatu, wafī l-ʕajalati n-nadāmatu.
    Sedateness brings welfare, hurry brings regret.
  3. wheel
  4. precipitation, precipitance
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: għaġla
  • Armenian: աջալա (aǰala)
  • Turkish: acele

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

عِجَلَة (ʕijalam pl

  1. plural of عِجْل (ʕijl, calf)

Etymology 3

From عِجْل (ʕijl) +‎ ـَة (-a).

Noun

عِجْلَة (ʕijlaf (plural عِجَل (ʕijal), masculine عِجْل (ʕijl))

  1. female calf; heifer (rare, for female calves are also called عِجْل)
  2. Halopyrum mucronatum
Declension

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Adjective

عَجِلَة (ʕajilaf

  1. feminine singular of عَجِل (ʕajil)

References

  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 261–262